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Background: Medical education exposes wide range of curriculum and practical training to students. The students who got admission in medical institutes have a diverse range of learning experiences
Objective: To determine the learning styles of medical students at Sheikh Zayed Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted about the learning style preferences of medical students of Sheikh Zayed Medical College /Hospital Rahim Yar Khan. The modified VARK Questionnaire was used to categorize the learning/modes as visual [V], auditory [A], read [R] and kinesthetic [K]. This study was conducted from 1st January to 28th February 2018. A total of 106 students selected randomly from all MBBS classes and who gave informed verbal consent were included in study
Results: Among 106 students who participated in the study, the females were 74 [69.8%] and the males were 32 [30.2%]. The mean age of the students was 21+/-7 years. Majority of students 69[65.09%] expressed the sequential style [visual, auditory and writing] as their preferred style of learning, the rest 37[34.91%] were dependent on visual, auditory and kinesthetic individually
Conclusion: Most common method of learning was sequential style that included visual, auditory and writing. There were gross differences in the learning styles among males and females medical students
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Background: Prolonged and frequent use of mobile phone leads to pain in thumb and hand. Primary prevention strategies have largely been confined to reducing the mobile phone use as it will prevent the repetitive microtrauma
Objective: To assess the frequency and nature of thumb pain among mobile phone user students of Sheikh Khalifa Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Sheikh Zayed Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan
Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted in students of Sheikh Khalifa Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Rahim Yar Khan from 1st October to 31st December 2017. The study subjects were mobile phone user students with ages ranging from 18 to 25 years. Data was collected through non- randomized convenient sampling technique. A performa was designed and 110 study subjects were interviewed regarding the frequency of thumb pain among mobile phone users, after taking their verbal consent. All the data collected was analysed on SPSS version 20.0
Results: From the data of 110 mobile phone users, it was observed that 40% subjects had thumb pain and 60% had no pain. Results showed that only 16.4% were male and 83.6% females. It was noted 91.8% were right handed and 8.2% were left handed
Conclusion: It was concluded that thumb pain is common among students mostly caused by overuse of thumb in mobile phone users. Frequent use of mobile phone for different activities for prolonged periods of time leads to pain and inflammation in thumb and hand
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Back ground: Natural disasters are catastrophic events with atmospheric, geologic, and hydrologic origins. Disasters include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, tsunamis, floods and drought. Pakistan faced floods in 2010 that began following heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions of Pakistan
Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of infectious diseases in the flood affectee persons at Bhung, District Rahim Yar Khan in southern Punjab
Patients and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among the flood affectee at the flood relief camp of Sheikh Zayed Hospital / Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan located at Bhung, Rahim Yar Khan, during the month of September 2010. The data regarding age, sex, education, occupation, geographical origin and nature of disease were obtained from the patients attending flood relief medical camp for health care and was analyzed on SPSS version 14
Results: During the study period, 8074 patients were examined. Patients of all ages and both sexes were included. Male to female ratio was 1 to 1.01.The patients ranged from neonates to more than 70 years of age. The children under the age of ten years were 40.99%. Among the flood affectee, the most common diseases in decreasing order of frequency were diarrhoea, RTI, skin infection, eye infection, ear infection and bone trauma
Conclusion: Clean water, environmental hygiene and health education with proper and timely medical cover can reduce mortality and morbidity